Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 14, 2022

In this article you will find information about the following topics: How console development works. While platforms like Steam are very easy to publish for, the reality is that most of the revenue from independent developers generally comes from consoles (this, of course, speaking of devs not focusing on mobile).

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Game Design Aspect

JUNE 9, 2021

It's completely different from the LudoNarraCon one even though the topic is the same. Her writing credits include 1999 Independent Games Festival winner Terminus and the PC RPG of the Year, The Witcher, for which she was nominated for a 2007 Writers Guild Award in Videogame Writing. Touchstones! Touchstones!), GamingSEL).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 9, 2019

We will assess all proposals independently of the engine or framework used, as long as it is free and open source. The topic can be anything related to open source together with game development, be it tools or games. About the Game Development devroom.

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Game Designing

AUGUST 26, 2023

While we are on this topic, you may wonder, “How popular is gaming as a hobby? The rising popularity of video games and gaming platforms such as Steam has allowed many small companies and independent creators to carve out niches in the gaming community. Video Games a Hobby or a Senseless Pursuit? In 2023, there are over 3.09

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Filmustage

MARCH 11, 2022

Independence Day" (1996) is a sci-fi action film, in which the US rebels against space invaders. Independence Day" is a story about how America, represented by the heroic Will Smith's character, fights back against the aliens all by himself. Nevertheless, we want to mention the main representatives that are relevant to our topic.

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Game Errors

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

in gaming Although the gaming community has a strong opinion on specific topics, it’s good to remind ourselves that both companies are well-known and established. Bethesda (Starfield) is a Microsoft-owned company, while Lariant (BG3) is independent. Which one are YOU going to buy day one?

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

I had been running a studio for half a decade before I learned the term emotional intelligence, and even now -a decade later- researching, studying, and getting guidance on the topic teaches me new, more effective, and more honest ways of looking at myself, my leadership, and my creative practice.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

As the current Chief Business Officer and Board Member at FunPlus , an independent game developer and publisher, Chris has traversed through a myriad of remarkable roles. It's an excellent way to dive deeper into the discussion and gain a comprehensive understanding of the topic. Enjoy the podcast!

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Nvidia

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Many articles and papers have been written on the topic, and a variety of different depth buffer formats and setups are found across different games, engines, and devices. This post was originally published on the Developer Zone. Depth precision is a pain that every graphics programmer has to struggle with sooner or later.

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Filmustage

APRIL 26, 2022

Or get distracted by a completely insignificant topic right in the middle of frank dialogue. Waititi is not in the habit of speaking for others, so he lets his characters search freely and independently - and, through pain, mistakes, disappointments, his characters are bound to find their way to the light.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The topic of why Godot does not utilize ECS comes up often, so this article will explain the design decisions behind that, as well as shed some light on how Godot works. Finally, Systems work independently and do actions on every similar component. Components provide data and the means to interact with the whole world.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 10, 2019

and future releases and many other technical topics :). After working for startups in California, he is now the lead programmer and producer of Black Mamba , an independent game studio located in Bogotá, Colombia, which uses Godot for their projects.

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Filmustage

MAY 6, 2023

Another option is to work on independent or student film projects, where individuals can take on the role of an Assistant Director in a smaller-scale production. For an entry-level Assistant Director, the salary might start at around $35,000 per year, especially in smaller, independent productions.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2023

The majority of blockchain gaming teams, whether they were publishers or developers, were concentrating on decentralization and becoming independent from larger organizations. Self publishing and fully on chain activities were all the hype.

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Nvidia

JULY 25, 2022

Topics include: General tips Maximizing GPU utilization when building Memory allocations Organizing geometries into BLASes Build preference flags Dynamic BLASes Non-opaque geometries Particles General tips Consider async compute for AS building. Geometries that move independently should usually be in their own BLASes.

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AWS Games

MAY 25, 2023

Its unique architecture separates storage and compute so that each layer can scale independently. In the following picture you can see the compute and storage layers are decoupled, and can be scaled independently. Amazon DocumentDB was built from the ground up with a cloud-native database architecture.

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Designer Notes

AUGUST 13, 2022

Instead, it’s clear that the game was always about birds, and that the designer and artists took their time to research the topic and consider how aspects of the setting could be turned into mechanics (it’s a pleasure see how owls, buzzards, turkeys, and so on are each turned into a single rule).

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

But I’m not here to talk about using action-based algorithms to accomplish product-related objectives (that’s a topic for another article); I’d rather discuss how to develop your team’s product mindset.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 21, 2022

What’s even more relevant for our topic here, there are strong arguments to support the idea that mobile dominance as a gaming platform will actually increase in the following years : The huge casual player segment of the market is an audience almost exclusive to mobile and is unlikely to buy more specialized and expensive gaming platforms.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Estébanez ( RandomShaper ) has become an expert on this topic and made a number of improvements included in Godot 3.2.2 Those are changes which are for the most part independent of the big core, rendering and scripting changes in the 4.0 and Godot 3.3. General usability improvements. release has a huge focus on editor usability.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2018

Our built-in docs are more complete and of much better quality than ever, and our online docs now cover many new topics in depth (such as 3D features). The GDNative ARVR framework is tightly knit and allows support for other VR platforms to be developed independently of the core game engine. Bullet Physics backend. Font oversampling.

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Game Design Advice

JUNE 5, 2016

We were able to share our thinking and get input from a lot of super smart people, especially Alex Jaffe, of Spry Fox, who it turns out has been working independently on this same question for a while and had lots of very useful ideas to contribute. Here is a video of the brief introduction to this topic that I gave at Banff.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 2, 2023

Additionally, each of the passives now can independently be upgraded after unlocked, requiring a new currency, which provides more depth to the Hero upgrading system. This is a better incentive for players to upgrade multiple heroes, as otherwise they’ve no use for the lower currencies.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

On top of the cosmetic value, this is a good accelerator of progression since Variants can be upgraded independently from the base cards, for additional Collection Level points. The new currency partially solves the topic of sharding. Variant gold prices in the Daily Offer range from 700 (~$12) to 1200 (~$20).

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Filmustage

JULY 20, 2023

Netflix’s entry into original production with "House of Cards" in 2013 marked a watershed moment in independent film distribution, indicating the increasing role of streaming services in film distribution. Image source: IMDb.com Role of streaming services Streaming services have been instrumental in shaping film industry trends.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 4, 2020

Lau, was apparently such a fan of the game (among millions of others) that Supercell’s CEO, Ilkka Panaanen, reported: Mr. Lau (CEO of Tencent) had just dropped out from Clash Royale’s global top-100 players leaderboard, and it was almost impossible to get his focus back to the topics we had to discuss.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

And, you know, I think that one of the topics that people speak the least about is the fact that what kills many companies are founder relationships and founder relationships are tough. Much more evidence that independent studios appear to be working better broadly. But it's not great for the next stage. You can do all of that stuff.

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Game Designing

JULY 18, 2023

AIArtists.org Curated by independent contemporary art curator Marnie Benney, AIArtists.org is the world’s biggest artist community devoted to exploring AI. You can explore artists, AI art history, ethical issues in AI art, and other topics on the platform. You can also access 41 tools for creating visual art, music, and more.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 1, 2023

As AI technology continues to improve, it could enable smaller studios and independent developers to create high-quality content without the need for large teams or expensive resources. The interview also explored the potential for AI-generated content to democratize game development.

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